Celie In Alice Walker's Color Purple

Identifying information Celie is a 42 year old black African American woman. After carefully analyzing the dates and seasons provided, Celie was 14 years old, at the time of her adolescence when, her life started too filled with traumatic events, which caused her to need assistance. Celie lives in the rural Georgia, for most of the 1909 to 1937. She was uneducated, for most of her childhood, until her sister Nettie being to teach her from literature books. She never attended school or work. Her sister Nettie was a couple years younger, she attended school and some would describe her as prettier than Celie. They both lived with their step father, who they called “Paw”. For most of her life she believed he was her biological father …show more content…
For example, Mister has three children from his previous marriage. The client described that her first day at the home, his youngest son throw a rock at Celie head. Celie lived with her step-father who she believed was her father until fall 1937. The client know she has two children named Oliva and Adam, but is unsure if her stepfather sent them off or sold them. For the client, this experience lead to some of her signs of depression because her stepfather told her he had killed her children. Until, one day in spring of 1909, the client saw her daughter. The client explained how she saw her daughter with the pastor’s wife, and asked if she could hold her. The client stated that she knew it was her daughter because her diapers had Olivia on them and she felt a connection to her as she held her. At that moment Celie felt hurt and she begin to …show more content…
Nettie wanted her sister to know that she cares and that she has a family. Her sister encourages her through letters that Celie never knew existed until her friend Shug found them. Celie found her first letter on April 15, 1935, this was long after Mister sent Nettie away in spring of